Matias Tellez

Matias Tellez

Matias Tellez, 2009
Background information
Birth name Matias Ernesto Leiva Tellez
Also known as Young Dreams
Born (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989
Origin Bergen, Norway
Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Piano, Bass
Years active 2002 - present
Labels Sony, Sounds Gold, Modular Recordings, Flake Records
Associated acts Young Dreams

Matias Tellez is a Norwegian singer songwriter, composer and producer. Matias is one of the many young artists that the press have called the New Bergen Wave.[1] His music contains elements of pop, rock and tropicalia.

Background

Matias's parents, both from Chile moved to Norway as political refugees, and his style is heavily influenced by South American sounds, bossa nova, tropicalia and artists such as Os Mutantes, Los Gatos, Jorge Ben, Caetano Veloso.

Matias started playing violin at the age of six, piano aged seven, but found what would become his preferred instrument when he picked up his fathers guitar at twelve. At the age of thirteen Matias entered the Eggstock battle of the bands with his band Frustration To Creation, where he came second, winning the opportunity to record a demo at Tinitus Studios in Bergen. The demo was heard by HP Gundersen and Kato Ådland, who has discovered Bergen bands such as Sondre Lerche, Nathalie Nordnes and Real Ones, who worked with Matias over the following years.

Career

Aged fourteen Matias released his first single 'Singing La la la la la' produced by HP Gundersen and Kato Ådland, on their label New Records. Tellez then played many concerts around Bergen including at By:larm 2004, which led to shows all over Norway including the Øya Festival in Oslo. From the age of thirteen to sixteen Matias wrote and recorded 3 albums which were never released, but resulted in the EP 'Matias Tellez' on New Records.

In 2007 Matias released his first full album Tamias Mellez on Gjøa Recordings/Sonet and through Flake Records in Japan. The album received modest reviews but featured the single Brand New Kicks which was entered into the national radio station NRK P3's annual new music competition Urørt. Matias won the 2008 competition, which had been won the previous year by Ida Maria, and brought Matias much national media attention and radio play.

In 2008 Matias signed to Sony Music and on the 16th Feb 2009 released the album 'Clouds', which reached number thirty on the VG Topp30 Album list.[2] The singles from that album, 'Convited' and 'Hello' both received heavy airtime on national radio

Tellez has played at festivals including Iceland Airwaves, By:larm, Hove and Bergen Fest and toured Japan in 2007 and 2009.

By the end of 2010 Tellez decided to stop performing as a solo artist and formed the band Young Dreams. He composed the music, produced and arranged their debut album which was released in 2013 by Modular Recordings. It won "Best Indie Album" at the prestigious Spellemannprisen. He is currently working on the follow up.

In August 2016 Young Dreams released the single Of The City, their first piece of music in three years.

Matias has also worked as a producer, mixer and arranger for: fellow New Bergen Wave bands, Kakkmaddafakka, Sondre Lerche, Razika, Chain Wallet and Real Ones

Discography

Solo Albums

Solo Singles

Young Dreams Albums

Young Dreams Singles

Produced/Mixed

Notes

  1. ↑ "Den nye bølgen? | NRK P3". Nrkp3.no. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Topp30 Album Norsk uke 40, 2007 - VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958". Lista.vg.no. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
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